Boland Stud have been enjoying a purple patch of winners in recent months and their Captain Al filly The Merry Widow showed her paces to retain her unbeaten record with a facile first stakes victory
It could not be better timing for the 2014 SA Champion jockey, who is holding a narrow lead over Anthony Delpech on the national jockey jockey log
The Boland Stud-bred 3yo Cup Cake stole the show at Fairview on Friday with a facile victory in the R80 000 Breeders Guineas Plate
Horses, as the old expression goes, are dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle. Throw a whole bunch of them together in a high pressured, electric environment and you can dial the danger factor up to ‘are you crazy?’
S’manga Khumalo and Supertube are almost joined at the hip after the events of the past two years!
S’Manga Khumalo earlier on Sunday pronounced himself no worse than bruised after Saturday’s nasty fall at Turffontein
Trip To Heaven was having only his eighth career outing in a field of seasoned campaigners and Tarry was quick to urge the handicapper to look at the performance in context – and against the background of some of his charge’s opponents possibly needing the outing
Once we start bending the rules, we have a broken system, not a broken rule.
This intended Inquiry is nothing but a ‘witch hunt’ by the NHA in search of a ‘loaded gun’ that doesn’t exist and in order to justify their highly debatable handling of the Khumalo case
The NHA was not, and will not be, a party to any arrangement in terms of which any privilege holder be given leeway or any advantage to enable that individual to pursue his aspirations to obtain the champion status
Alan Greeff’s recent Eastern Cape ‘Triple Crown’ star My Best Shot and the Lucky Houdalakis galloper Musical Score, a 3yo son of Oratorio, and a winner of his last two starts, are the two newbies
